Islamic extremists have killed nine people and injured four in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, authorities report.

Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as military ruler and elected president, died at 82 in London.

Nigeria on Saturday slapped 44 Boko Haram jihadists with jail terms of up to 30 years for funding terrorist activities, a spokesman for a counterterrorism agency said.

More people were killed by bandits or insurgents in Nigeria in the first half of this year than in all of 2024, according to figures released on Tuesday by Nigeria's human rights agency. Nigeria's ...

A suspected female suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and injured several others at a fish market on Friday night in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, police said on Saturday.